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>> our hope is to find an agreement with russia. negotiations are ongoing. one is partnerships and we could see doing the afghanistan and -- the important partnership. interoperateability and add-ons by partner nations to our operations qand capability development the focus being on smart defense. >> do you think one ever the things which is always court of baffled me a little bit, is that you guys were located down in norfolk originally because you were collocated with the u.s. forces command that command was disbanded last year as a cost saving measure by the u.s. government. does it really make sense for you to be located down there or does it make better sense to be located up here in washington. >> i see we work very much with what is left from the norfolk area. second point, has dramatically increased relationship i had with the authorities in washington on all sides of the house and when we have i guess more condictivity, higher level of relationship and more mutual ability of the work. now the location of the headquarters, i feel very well and very w
>> our hope is to find an agreement with russia. negotiations are ongoing. one is partnerships and we could see doing the afghanistan and -- the important partnership. interoperateability and add-ons by partner nations to our operations qand capability development the focus being on smart defense. >> do you think one ever the things which is always court of baffled me a little bit, is that you guys were located down in norfolk originally because you were collocated with the u.s....
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how do you engage russia. that's why allies want us to stay in europe, because only america can work with the russian future. you have to do more than missile defense and it has to be other things. whether it is control or afghanistan where they are really helping, counter drug, counter terrorism and get on a new page with the russians. putin is not going to chicago, not even for the group eight summit. we are going to have to step up if were going to make nato, nato russia and the reset in the future. >> guys, that is all of the time we have today. we appreciate it. coming up next, are lasers ready for the battlefield? stay tuned. i didn't quite know thiwhat to expect.our. i'd seen the images on tv, but until you're in the thick of it... anyway the guys in my unit who'd been here before, told me just ride it out, keep my head down and remember the reason i'm here. and we're paying for it all with my cashrewards card from navy federal. we're earning cash back! bring it. brought it. brung. 4 million members. 4
how do you engage russia. that's why allies want us to stay in europe, because only america can work with the russian future. you have to do more than missile defense and it has to be other things. whether it is control or afghanistan where they are really helping, counter drug, counter terrorism and get on a new page with the russians. putin is not going to chicago, not even for the group eight summit. we are going to have to step up if were going to make nato, nato russia and the reset in the...
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the challenges we're looking at fundamentally different if we look at china, you know, -- or iran or russia or any other country in which we might come into potential friction with. >> great question. thanks. i think the endearing lesson from the last ten years of conflict is that the army must have an organic electronic warfare capability that is available to the maneuver -- commander 24 hours a day, seven days a week. the reliance on the joint community, although the joint community provides an outstanding electronic warfare capable for what it is designed to do, it is not sufs for -- sufficient for the ground maneuver commander and the army ground maneuver commanders need to gain an advantage in the magnetic spectrum 24 hours a day, seven day as week. i think that's the lesson. >> are the natures of the challenge different? one of the things you said our enemies in afghanistan appear more primitive but they're remarkable sophisticated from electronic spectrum standpoint. what are some of the things -- differs we're going to see from countries that are more sophisticated and are looking a
the challenges we're looking at fundamentally different if we look at china, you know, -- or iran or russia or any other country in which we might come into potential friction with. >> great question. thanks. i think the endearing lesson from the last ten years of conflict is that the army must have an organic electronic warfare capability that is available to the maneuver -- commander 24 hours a day, seven days a week. the reliance on the joint community, although the joint community...
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and the nations that have the capability but won't wish to attack us like our allies or china or russia where there's a lot more at stake. i think the concern is that the nations or groups that have the motivation can be developing the capability to cause serious harm. and i think he sees a trendline moving in that direction and i think he's using the incidents rather than just saying these specific examples we need to do something. but what they represent moving forward. >> it is said that until the strategy was adopted, that cyber command for example was a bit handcuffed in its ability to respond. is that true? >> i don't think cyber command has been handcuffed in a strategic sense. so at the end of the day, the national command authority, the president, has -- makes a decision about what the united states will do in cyber and so they could have gotten that authority at any time to move forward and take action. at the operational level though, in terms of the military functioning day-to- day, and wanting to respond more quickly to events that are maybe not at the highest strategic lev
and the nations that have the capability but won't wish to attack us like our allies or china or russia where there's a lot more at stake. i think the concern is that the nations or groups that have the motivation can be developing the capability to cause serious harm. and i think he sees a trendline moving in that direction and i think he's using the incidents rather than just saying these specific examples we need to do something. but what they represent moving forward. >> it is said...
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discovered a highly sophisticated virus called flame that it claims was design today gather intelligence on russia's nuclear program. reports tied this to cyber attacks on iran's nuclear facilities directly to the white house and raised the curtain on what has been a top- secret u.s. capability. is this the dawn of a new era of warfare and what will it mean for u.s. national security? joining me is jim lewis, a senior fellow for the center of strategic and international studies who is one of the world's leading experts on u.s. military cyber operations. jim, welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me >> what do we know about flame and the stuxnet and the role. >> flame and stuxnet are very different. it was a program used to collect intelligence. this morning i was trying to think how many of these i've seen. i got up to 12 when i stopped. this is just part of espionage in the world today, big programs that collect a lot of information. stuxnet was different because it had a special part that went directly after industrial control systems. it destroyed machinery, so stuxnet was like a weapon, flam
discovered a highly sophisticated virus called flame that it claims was design today gather intelligence on russia's nuclear program. reports tied this to cyber attacks on iran's nuclear facilities directly to the white house and raised the curtain on what has been a top- secret u.s. capability. is this the dawn of a new era of warfare and what will it mean for u.s. national security? joining me is jim lewis, a senior fellow for the center of strategic and international studies who is one of...
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>> the top five countries of ied events every month, pakistan, colombia, russia, syria and the united states and that's not well understood, but we do have an ied challenge, and i tell our partners, federal partners that and they understand there's an ied coming to a national mall near you. it's coming here. there are too many networks, too many of this generation of bomb makers that are determined. we've been very successful, i think, as a nation in preventing these, but they are good and they are very determined. where we have -- i think the way of the future in this, to handle this enduring domestic threat is to really knit together all of the tools we have at our disposal. as we understand these networks, where's their money? and we have partnership with department of treasury. how are they doing business? department of commerce, fbi and others, they have tools to go after their money, their exports and such and that's how we have to move. >> very much a holdup government as you guys get clearing of your strategic plan approach. >> i will tell you it's about the key -- the key fac
>> the top five countries of ied events every month, pakistan, colombia, russia, syria and the united states and that's not well understood, but we do have an ied challenge, and i tell our partners, federal partners that and they understand there's an ied coming to a national mall near you. it's coming here. there are too many networks, too many of this generation of bomb makers that are determined. we've been very successful, i think, as a nation in preventing these, but they are good...
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the service needs, forcing america, and arctic nation to continue leasing ice- breaking services from russia. true the cuts could save $1.4 billion over coming years and homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the cuts could be reversed in the future depending on what the navy does and whether circumstances change. but the navy isn't getting any larger either. in fact, it's considering dropping lower intensity missions like mairmt security that overlap with the coast guards to focus on high-end war fighting. clearly these are tough times and the administration deserves credit for making hard but measured choices. on this score, it's made a mistake. america's maritime nation and the coast guard is critical to protecting its interests in the atlantic, pacific, arctic and elsewhere and must be properly resourced. thanks for joining us for "this week in defense news." i'm vago muradian. you can watch this program online at defensenewstv.com or you can e-mail me at vago@defensenewstv.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. until then, have a great week.
the service needs, forcing america, and arctic nation to continue leasing ice- breaking services from russia. true the cuts could save $1.4 billion over coming years and homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the cuts could be reversed in the future depending on what the navy does and whether circumstances change. but the navy isn't getting any larger either. in fact, it's considering dropping lower intensity missions like mairmt security that overlap with the coast guards to focus...
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. >> russia is a boogey man? that's like 20 years ago. it's not the place they need to be. they are trying to make a stand. >> and the war on terrorism has lost the political legs, so what it is you're going to use to beat the american people over the head on national security is very different now so the approach that the obama administration has been taking which is actually a workable approach when the world has changed as much as it is. >> and -- >> obama has done a great job on national security, the republican predecessor did such a bad job. that's a hard thing for the republicans to live it. >> and it's reflected in the deeper bench on the democratic side. there are so many people that can come in that are qualified and serve in the pentagon and other departments. the republicans would have been hard pressed to >> with the election over, -- known apartment sequestration must become the top priority. defense and non-defense accounts will take a 10% hit. threatening to tip an improving but still fragile economy back into recession. president obama's already exempted mi
. >> russia is a boogey man? that's like 20 years ago. it's not the place they need to be. they are trying to make a stand. >> and the war on terrorism has lost the political legs, so what it is you're going to use to beat the american people over the head on national security is very different now so the approach that the obama administration has been taking which is actually a workable approach when the world has changed as much as it is. >> and -- >> obama has done a...
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obviously, russia has been the target of that as well in terms of pressure to stop arms deliveries to syria. where is this state of planning for possible syria operations? how is syria different from libya? >> good question, vago. the department of defense is a professional planning oh. we have contingency plans for a wide range of situations around the world, and to include syria. we continue to focus primarily on the diplomatic and economic tract to try to bring pressure on the assad regime to go and before they do, to stop the brutality they are perpetrating against their own people. on the second part of your question, syria is a bit different than libya. the complexities of syria are different than libya. syria has a -- an army that numbers, i believe, over 200,000, sophisticated air systems, in a different neighborhood. [ all talking at once ] >> it is very different, precisely, and the opposition is a bit different. so we can't look at these in similar ways in'sly. they're apples and oranges. >> let's go to see sequestration, john. i want to sort of direct this to you. in testi
obviously, russia has been the target of that as well in terms of pressure to stop arms deliveries to syria. where is this state of planning for possible syria operations? how is syria different from libya? >> good question, vago. the department of defense is a professional planning oh. we have contingency plans for a wide range of situations around the world, and to include syria. we continue to focus primarily on the diplomatic and economic tract to try to bring pressure on the assad...
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and russia. and they would have to be included which is a complication. >> i want to take you to the question of strategy and strategy formulation. there are those who say that the united states has lost its ability to think and to act strategically if you look at for example our involvement in iraq, there are those who say that was strategically unwise and became something that was negative to the united states' broad interests. if you look at where we are now closing in on a fiscal cliff or fiscal crises of our own making that could then become obviously problematic for america's borrowing capabilities and economic health more broadly. have we combated strategic thinking. if so why and what do we have to do to become better at strategic thinking. >> attention to the inbox is killing us because it takes away our opportunity to think in long-term -- and to do long- term thinking. and to think strategically. there's no part of the government that really does strategic thinking well now. i mean the
and russia. and they would have to be included which is a complication. >> i want to take you to the question of strategy and strategy formulation. there are those who say that the united states has lost its ability to think and to act strategically if you look at for example our involvement in iraq, there are those who say that was strategically unwise and became something that was negative to the united states' broad interests. if you look at where we are now closing in on a fiscal...
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but also because we now have a situation with russia, which is an opportunity, what is shift wkyc putin at the moment. we have an opportunity also with turkey. turkey has become hugely more influential in its region in the world. >> right. >> but we need europe reaching out, being more self confident not so internally focused but externally focused with us. >> let me turn to your book. i want to talk about that. it is a fantastic book on the economist list of top books to read so congratulations on that. >> thank you. >> what you did extensive research on, for the book. what did president kennedy do right? what did he do wrong. >>> and how did 1961 change it? >> the most controversial point in the book and the book that i think has caused the most debate was i say 1961, was one of the worst inaugural year foreign policy performances of any modern president. president kennedy had a lousy year and he mid it himself at the end of the year when he was asked by a journalist whether he could write a book about his first year in office, and kennedy said to him who would want to read a book abo
but also because we now have a situation with russia, which is an opportunity, what is shift wkyc putin at the moment. we have an opportunity also with turkey. turkey has become hugely more influential in its region in the world. >> right. >> but we need europe reaching out, being more self confident not so internally focused but externally focused with us. >> let me turn to your book. i want to talk about that. it is a fantastic book on the economist list of top books to read...
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that includes america, france, israel and russia. last year britain posted a banner year with exports that topped 5.4 billion pounds or about $8.1 billion. a key player in that growth is our next guest, richard paniguian the head of the defense support organization. richard, welcome to the show. >> great to be here vago. >> and thank you very much for taking time out of your schedule to meet with you. everybody is racing for the export markets around the world as their domestic budgets shrink. what are the british products you think will be most attractive on the markets? >> you're right vago. last year with a 5.4 billion- pound defense export record, this was a terrific year. it matches the previous year's figure almost pound for pound. and places us as the second largest defense export in the world. so at a time when markets are becoming ever more competitive. great results with the uk. in terms of markets for the future, well, we're going to be looking at digging in deeper to markets where we already have a substantial position. s
that includes america, france, israel and russia. last year britain posted a banner year with exports that topped 5.4 billion pounds or about $8.1 billion. a key player in that growth is our next guest, richard paniguian the head of the defense support organization. richard, welcome to the show. >> great to be here vago. >> and thank you very much for taking time out of your schedule to meet with you. everybody is racing for the export markets around the world as their domestic...